Mr Paul Baker

Paul Baker
Speciality
Orthopaedic Surgery
Telephone
01642 854479
Appointed
March 2014
Special interests
  • Primary and revision hip and knee replacement
  • Orthopaedic trauma
  • Treatment of Peri-prosthetic fractures
  • Treatment of Peri-prosthetic joint infections
  • Orthopaedic research and research leadership
  • Innovation within the NHS
Training
  • MBBS (University of Newcastle upon Tyne) - July 2001
  • MSc (Evidence based practiced (Orthopaedics)) (University of Teesside) - November 2007
  • FRCS (Trauma and Orthopaedics) - February 2011
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Statistics (Open University) - July 2013
  • Good Clinical Practice - (Re-validated) October 2016
  • MD (Newcastle University) - March 2014
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Research (Newcastle University) - November 2015
 
Additional information
  • Consultant in trauma and orthopaedics - South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Director of research and innovation - South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Executive director - Durham Tees Valley Research Alliance (DVTRA)
  • British Orthopaedic Association ABC Travelling Fellow
  • Clinical Research Fellow - York University
  • Associate Clinical Researcher - Newcastle University
  • Speciality group lead for orthopaedics - LCRN North East and North Cumbria
  • Consultant mentor - CORNET (Collaborative Orthopaedic Research NETwork)
  • Member of the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) and the British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK)
  • Member of the BASK revision knee replacement expert working group
  • Member of the BOA research committee
  • NICE hip, knee and shoulder replacement guideline committee member
  • Royal College of Surgeons Speciality Lead for Orthopaedics
  • National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) - Health Technology Assessment (HTA) research commissioning board member
  • National Joint Registry (NJR) Lead - South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • National Institute for Health Research grant holder for the OPAL study (Occupational advice for patients undergoing arthroplasty of the lower limb)
  • Local Clinical Research Network lead for orthopaedics
  • NICE clinical guideline committee member
  • British Associations for Surgery of the Knees revision knee working group member